but I'm still thinking I went pretty cheap." She halted abruptly and then went on coolly, "I didn't come here to be thinking unpleasant thoughts—or to be uttering them. So long as we understand each other——" "Father wanted it. It was one way of paying what he owed you. I don't know how much that was, but I'm still thinking I went pretty cheap." She halted abruptly and then went on coolly, "I didn't come here to be thinking unpleasant thoughts—or to be uttering them. So long as we understand each other——" "We do," he put in eagerly, almost appealingly. "I want you to believe that I have no claim upon you—that my—my relations with Barry Quinlevin will have nothing to do with you." "We do," he put in eagerly, almost appealingly. "I want you to believe that I have no claim upon you—that my—my relations with Barry Quinlevin will have nothing to do with you." "And if I fell in love with another man— That never seems to have occurred to either of you——" "And if I fell in love with another man— That never seems to have occurred to either of you——" He laughed her soberness aside. "As far as I'm concerned, divorce or suicide. I'll leave the choice to you." He laughed her soberness aside. "As far as I'm concerned, divorce or suicide. I'll leave the choice to you." He gained his purpose, which was to bring the smile to her lips again. He gained his purpose, which was to bring the smile to her lips again. "Your wounds have inoculated you with a sense of humor, at any rate," she said, fingering the roses. "You've always been lacking in that, you know." "Your wounds have inoculated you with a sense of humor, at any rate," she said, fingering the roses. "You've always been lacking in that, you know." "I feel that I can laugh at them now. But it might have been better for you if I hadn't come out of the ether." "I feel that I can laugh at them now. But it might have been better for you if I hadn't come out of the ether." "No. I don't like your saying that. I haven't the slightest intention of falling in love with any man at all. I shan't be wanting to marry—really marry——" she added, coloring a
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